Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین‬‎; pronounced [əlt̪aːf ɦʊseːn]; born 17 September 1953 in Karachi) is a politician from Pakistan and the founder of party MQM.[1] Since 2015, he has been a fugitive from the Anti Terrorism Court of Pakistan on the charges of murder, targeted killings, treason, inciting violence and hate speeches.[2][3] He fled the country in 1992 after crackdown against his party was launched and since then he is living in the United Kingdom.